There will be no issue of the Times on Wednesday next, Prince of Wales' BirthThe sud narrative of the Oakland wreck will be loued on our first page.
The Poverty Bay Hunt Club meet at R mgatirt, at 11 a.in. on Saturday next. The schooner Aotea leaves Auckland for coastal ports and Gisborne to day.
There was a large attendance at the Empire Skating Rink on Saturday afternoon, and again in the evening.
The annual show of the Gisborne Poultry Fanciers’ Club wiil be held cn Friday and Saturday, July 24th and 25th.
Two bank holidays occur this week —-today (Whit Monday; and on Wednesday (Prince of Wales’ Birthday).
Applications for the lease of 223 acres at- Karaka for a term of five years close today with Mr Jo. T. Syrnes. The East Coast Mounted Rifles hold a firing competition at the Wainui range on Wednesday, commencing at 9 a.tn. The Customs dues collected at Gisborne for the month of May were £247 Os 7d in excess of those of the previous month. Prime first-grade factory butter is offered for sale by Mr W. A. O’Meara for Is per
1 brash. The Mutual Improvement Society meets in Townley's Hall this evening at 8 o’clock, the business being the election of officers and general. The next dauco in connection with the loiantlie Quadrille Assembly will bo held in the Academy of Music to-morrow evening. The New Zealand and South African Steamship Company’s steamer Essex will be despatched It-om Gisborne early in Juno. Messrs Williams and Kettle are the local agents. The Maritana Assembly will hold their next dance on Wednesday evening in the Academy of Music, when, being a long night, it is expected there will be a large attendance.
At the bowling green on Wednesday the district matches for the shield presented by the President, Mr J. A. Harding, will be resumed. Whataupoko, City, and West End having tied, these clubs will have to play off. “Mr Seddon’s butchers’ shops—an un’ popular move ” is the heading given by the Auckland Herald to the cables in reference to the Premier’s scheme for the disposal of New Zealand frozen meat in London.
A man who had listened to the Richardson libel case for three days returned to the country. “ How do you think it will end?” he was asked. “By Richardson giving the Judge two years’ hard,” was the reply. The mail steamer Sierra, which arrived in Auckland on Friday, had a very rough experience in the Tasman Sea, as after passing through Port Jackson Heads she ran into a hard southerly gale, which was accompanied by a very heavy sea. Several seas broke on board, going right over the hurricane deck, but no damage was done. These weather conditions provailed right across to the New Zealand coast, when both wind and sea moderated. “ Riversidcr ” writes suggesting that if
a stock crossing is made as proposed at the Island ford of the Waimata river, precaution should be taken against stock being driven via the Riverside road, which, concludes the correspondent, “ will bo an absolute danger to human life for a great many days in the year.” “ Riversidcr ” will observe in a report of the Road Board discussion, published in this morning’s Times, that strong reference was made by the Chairman to the phase of the subject to which the writer refers. The Edith, the wreck of which was reported in our cables on Saturday, was an iron barque, formerly tho Star of Persia, and for many years was owned by Messrs J. P. Corry and Co., of Belfast, owners of tho Star lino of steamers now trading to New Zealand ports, but was sold to German owners somo years sinco. She was of the following dimensions Length 227 ft, breadth 30ft, depth 22.2 ft, tonnage 1289. She was built by Messrs Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, in 1868, and was latterly owned by Mr C. M. Matzon, of Hamburg, Germany. Wednesday next (Prince of Wales’ Birthday) will bo observed in Gisborne as a close holiday. The post-offico will be closed, and all mails for despatch during tho day will be made up at 7.30 the previous evening. A special delivery of lettors ovor tho counter and from private box lobby window will be made from 7 to 8 p.m. to morrow evening. The Telegraph Office will he open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to midnight. The Telephone Exchange will be open as usual. All country offices in the Gisborne district will be closed.
A service of an interesting nature took plaeo at the Te Arai Church yesterday morning, when Mr W. T. T. Fraser was admitted to deacon’s order by His Lordship tho Bishop of Waiapu. The candidate, who has been for some years past a student at Te Rau College, was presented by the Rev. H. W. Williams, and there was a fair congregation of Natives from Te Arai and surroundiug district present. The Itevs. F. W. Chattoi'ton and F. A. Bennett (of Taranaki) were also present, the former presiding at the organ. We understand that the Rev. W. T. T. Fraser is to be stationed at Rotorua. The many friends of Mr R. Miller,
in the employ of Messrs Common, .Shelton and Co., will regret to learn that he lies in a very critical slate of health. llis condition last night showed a slight improvement which everyone in the district 'will hope will lead to an early restoration of health. The patient is suffering from pleurisy ami pneumonia. He had at the outset an attack of influenza. from which he had fairly recovered. hut attending the funeral of Mr Robb's son last Sunday he got a chill and the graver complaint supervened on the attack of influenza. Of all who enjoyed the fine football match between Huia and Kaiti-City at Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon last, none were so loud or persistent in their applause as a small group of persons who came over tho fence and took up a position amongst the ornamental trees immediately behind the town goal-post. Surely these persons did not consider that sixpence was too large a sum to pay for admission to a match which they appeared
to enjoy so thoroughly? No sport can be carried on without funds, and it is a mean man indeed who dodges the gatekeeper in order that he may applaud the loudest while witnessing a sport which he expects other to maintain for his enjoyment.
Harvest Thanksgiving services were held at Holy Trinity Church yesterday, the church being nicely decorated for the occason. Oats, flowers, and toitoi were arranged in the chancel, while a good display of vegetables occupied a conspicuous place near tile lectern, fruit being placed on the pulpit and communiontable. The wet weather interfered with the attendance
at the morning service, when the Rev. W. Welsh preached, and the choir sang the anthem, “ They Shall Dwell in the Land,” Mr E. D. Smith taking the solo part. The Rev. H. W. Williams preached in the evening to a good congregation, and the choir sang “ How Manifold are Thy Works.” One feature of the decorations was a huge loaf, which was placed in the centre of the communion table.
A tramear accident took place in Auck-
land on Friday evening, whereby an electric car (No. 25) driven on the Parnell circuit by William Stokes came into collision with one of Messrs Cunningham and Co.’s drays, driven by George McAulev, which was heavily laden with general merchandise. The dray was proceeding at a walking pace, on the tramline in the direction of Onehunga, and when opposite the Newmarket Savings Bank was dashed into from the rear by the car. The force of the impact was such as to overturn the dray and horse on to the sidewalk, but fortunately without auy serious result. The front of the tramear was stove in, and both the drivers received a nasty shock, but were otherwise unhurt,
Two watches lost in Gisborne and Whataupoko respectively arc advertised for. Edwin Ferguson. need 'JI. was found dead on Friday meriting at the bottom of a cliff at Dtmmsic’.i, Westport. Ho left the Temperance L . :£»o at 9 o'clock on Thursday nijrht. an 4 it is supposed that be missed his way. He foil 66ft, with tbs result that hi? mck was broken.
The subscriptions received by the Onebunga Ladies' Benevolent Society for the past ' ear amounted io only £6O, whilst £BB was received bv the Society from the Charitable Aid Board. Evidently there are no very wealthy . t opic in this thriving seaport town : or perhaps they have few poor Kiiuugst them V
Mr It. R. Huge, of the X tpier staff of the Union limit of Australia, who lias been on relieving duty in Gisborne for the past lour months, returned to Napier by the Tarawera last evening. During his short stay here Mr Hogg proved himself capable and obliging in the discharge of his duties, and won the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact.
Two years ago a wealthy Greek literchant married a beautiful young widow at Smyrna. A little while ago the lady fell in iove with a young clerk in her husband s emplov. She confessed hc-r love to her husband, who, niter vainly endeavoring to separate the young couple, determined to be magnanimous. lie forthwith divorced his wife, gave her a dowry of £2OOO, and acted as best man at her subsequent
marriage. Messrs Lucas and Hodkeu have completed soundings of Lakes Wakatipu and Manapouri for the Government. The latter lake was found to be 1458 ft deep, or
•216 ft deeper than Wakatipu, hitherto considered to bo the deepest lake in the colony. The bottom of Lake Wakatipu has been found to lie about 200 ft below the sea level, while the bottom of Lake Manapouri reaches to the great depth of fsbft below sea level. The following is a list of the deepest soundings in the principal lakes in the colony : —Taupo, in the North Island (the largest lake in New Zealand), ijS-lft; Rotorua, 84ft ; Rotoiti, 228 ft ; Waikaremoana (2000 ft above the sea level), 846 ft; Wakatipu, 1242 ft; and Manapouri, 1459 ft. Last Friday afternoon a number of the principal business men of Auckland met in the committee-room of the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of making a small presentation to Captain Skinner, of the schooner Aotea, as an expression of their satisfaction at the honorable manner
in which he had carried out the business engagements which had been entrusted to him. About a dozen were present, presided over by Mr John Burns. Soveral speeches were made, in which the action of Captain Skinner for many years was warmly' applauded, and as a testimonial of the esteem in which ho was held by tho business men of Auckland, tv purse of sovereigns and a set of gold studs were presented to the captain, and a watch for Mrs Skinner. At Milton on Monday an amusing case
was heard (says the Dunedin Star). A number of young follows woro singing on their way home two Saturday nights ago, when someone cried out “ Baa ! ” and tho reply was made : “ Oh, tie up tho calf or give it a drink ! ” Thereupon two men named Groves and Todd rushed across the road, and, offering “ to scatter tho crowd.” dealt out a black eye to one, tore the clothes off another and generally managed to draw a crowd of onlookers together and effect a disturbance Mr Cruickshanks, S.M. lectured Groves, stating that ho should bo ashamed of himself—a man with a wife and family—acting as he had done because some lads had said something about calf. Defendant himself had acted like a big calf. Each defendant was fined £l, Groves to pay the costs ; in default, seven days’ imprisonment for Grovos, and four day’s for Todd. A big tender has just been accepted by the directors of the Wellington Moat Export Company, covering extensivo building operations at their freezing works at Ngaliauranga. Messrs Mitchell and King, of Sydney, are successful tenderers, and the work involves a sum approximating £-50,000. Four new blocks of buildings are to be erected, two of them four storeys in height, and all in brick. One of these largo buildings is a structure to givo facilities foFincrensing the present capacity by 2000 carcases per day, and tho storing space to tho extent of 00 per cent additional to that at prosont available. These additions have been necessary by the large quantities of stock which have boon coming forward during tho past three years. During the past summer the compauy put through 800,000 sheep and lambs. Building operations are to be proceeded with at once and the contract is to bo completed next year.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 905, 1 June 1903, Page 2
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